So we arrived on Wednesday afternoon, all safe and sound. And the first step was we went out to my aunt and uncle’s house and settled in and met my cousin’s girlfriend (Bev) and all had dinner. Dinner was great – beef wellington, and home made chocolate mousse – and then for some reason exhaustion…
Author: Saintvictoria
history of lovers
So friday night I went to see Iron and Wine/Calexico and it was brilliant. I adore Calexico and they were just outstanding, and then together the two bands were just so sad. I had to leave after the All Tomorrows Parties cover. Thursday night was my work Christmas Party – and it was fun, lots…
cold
Brrrrrrrr, according to my weather widget, it is 1C outside, and apparently ice on the trees, all I see is rain… Today I get to go to my other job’s Christmas party, I find it odd, that though I am only partime, and only been there a couple of months I am so included in…
wow-pow
So yesterday I finally got to go and see the Festival of Trees. First off was breakfast at Whole Foods in Buckhead and a quick hello to Miz hello_robot, then Book Nook and then the Trees. Yes it is cheesy, yes there are screaming kids, yes it is tacky in places, but, it makes me…
cough cough
So it is friday night, and I am in bed! Already! I broke down today and went to the Dr and discovered I do not have strep throat, but am now on 7 days of antibiotics. I hate going to the Dr, I hate opening my mouth for my throat to be swabbed, and I…
comics
Now I am not obsessive, much, but for the last 12 years or so, I have been trying to remember the name of a TV show, shown in SA that I obsessed over. It was a simple line drawing of a man walking, and the lines changed and became chairs and he sat down or…
learning
Tonight I did something brand new! I made my first animated icon! I am so excited, I was playing around looking for new icons – as I have a hundred user pics to use up, and went to my favourite painter/artist site Duy Huynh and grabbed his image I like(I gave credit on my user…
morning
Some nice person bought me a year of lj! And extra user pics! So now I have to learn to make animated icons, and make lots of elephant icons… To celebrate this amount of time and pics i give you a quiz , thanks to fermi: Imaginative, erotic, passionate You prefer to have one partner…
the end…
It is the last night of my three day weekend! Damn, it feels a little short, but good. For Thanksgiving I cooked for Charlotte and teka, and it was good. Charlotte bought over cheeses, olives, pate and crackers. Teka bought over his fabulous butternut squash soup. I made a lemon pepper roast chicken, roast potatoes…
odds and sods
Buddha Machine Who says a boxed set has to include CD’s? “Buddha Machine” is, literally, a small plastic box with a built-in speaker, a headphone jack and a little switch you use to toggle between nine different and quite lovely ambient electronic compositions. It’s the product of FM3 (www.fm3.com.cn), the Beijing-based duo of Christiaan Virant…
Stolen from peeps!
Your Eyes Should Be Brown Your eyes reflect: Depth and wisdom What’s hidden behind your eyes: A tender heart What Color Should Your Eyes Be? Luckily my eyes are Brown. So as I work retail, people keep asking me if I am dreading Friday. The day after Thanksgiving, the busiest shopping day of the…
rain
So I got my car washed yesterday and today it rains…hmmm. I actually had one of those weekends where I got most everything done. car oil changed sold cds to BookNook got nails done – french manicure and red toes debated having tires patched as two nails in each back one,decided against saw Strofoam went…
Step into Narnia: A Journey Through The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe By E.J. Kirk This hardbound, glossy, full-color book is an entertaining read. It’s packed with features, including a guide to Narnia with beautiful illustrations, pages devoted to getting to know the four Pevensie children with diary entries and a slumbook-type layout, report…
Don’t want to wake up
NIGHT MAGICK – Night Magick is a completecurriculum of magical development based on theYin primal force, as opposed to the majorreligions of the world, which are predominantlyYang. You emphasize the use and balanceddevelopement of the Physical/Etheric Body, theAstral/Emotional Body, the Mental Body, and theCausal Body. Through regular and consistentpractice, you, the Night Magician will developpsychic…
ouef
So as usual time has whisked by me and I cannot remember all the fun things I did this last weekend. Friday I was off and had the delightful headache from hell, and then slept most the night. Saturday was work and the dum dum: LCD Sound system They rocked! I was so happy I…